What is new is the reason that is rumored to be behind the delay of a Tizen launch. Apparently, the first Tizen device, the one to be launched by Japan's Docomo, was supposed to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU under the hood. But Qualcomm is not a member of the Tizen Association and is in fact, a rival to Samsung and Intel in the chip world.

The chip rivalry has made things difficult for Samsung and the other companies that back Tizen, and has led to the delay. Only Qualcomm can deliver a SoC with a LTE modem that supports the kind of LTE connectivity that most carriers are using. And the carriers who are backing Tizen certainly want the phone to offer LTE connectivity. At this point, you can understand why there is an impasse.

There is a solution, but not a timely one. Sources say that Intel's new 22nm process Merrifield chip will power the first Tizen phone, and this chip does offer an LTE modem that will work with the carriers involved. We told you the other day that Intel might leave the smartphone business in 2015, but if Tizen does take off this might not happen. The new SoC is also expected to be introduced at MWC, and will ship in March. That could mean that Tizen is still a few months away from getting launched.

Intel wants Tizen to use their processors instead of Qualcomm's. Samsung makes a great diversity of electronics while Intel focuses on semiconductors. So Intel wants to push Tizen to use their processors. How is that not understandable to you?

In my opinion Tizen arrives too late.. For once is missing a lead company that can be the driving force and develop the platform. And Android has already taken the place for budget smartphones, so it will go in a market with very little space to grow.

8.teja171 (unregistered)

Frankly speaking, by keep delaying the date of launching, it will drag down consumer interest on this new OS, i believe some of us who are interested with it start to less interest after few delay of it, or else i believe it will be a good OS to start up from few strong parent that backing it up.

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